Devuan Jessie lacks driver for HP DeskJet 3630.

globetrotterdk · 01-29-2018, 11:54 AM

New to Devuan (and Debian). I am trying to print to my HP DeskJet 3630, but even after installing the backports version of hplip, I can't seem to get the necessary driver to setup and print to the printer. What do I need to do?
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To be clear, no recent HP printer models appear to be supported.

Stéphane Ascoët · 01-30-2018, 02:23 AM

This printer isn't on http://www.openprinting.org/printers, it's not a good sign! In general deskjet printers only bring problems.

ferrari · 01-30-2018, 02:44 AM

It is supported by HPLIP (version 3.15.6) according to this page. I'm not familiar with Devuan, but if necessary download and install a current version from the HPLIP site. Once installed, you should be able to configure with 'hp-setup'.

Stéphane Ascoët · 01-30-2018, 03:02 AM

Most packages in Devuan Jessie are the same than in Debian Jessie, so it should be in backports: 3.16.11

Thus, your printer is supported since HPLIP 3.15.7(https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-i.../release_notes) so it should work.

Are you sure you installed the 3.16? Make a dpkg -l | grep hplip and look at the version displayed

globetrotterdk · 01-30-2018, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stéphane Ascoët

Most packages in Devuan Jessie are the same than in Debian Jessie, so it should be in backports: 3.16.11

Thus, your printer is supported since HPLIP 3.15.7(https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-i.../release_notes) so it should work.

Are you sure you installed the 3.16? Make a dpkg -l | grep hplip and look at the version displayed

Code:

$ dpkg -l | grep hplip
ii  hplip                                 3.16.11+repack0-1~bpo8+1           amd64        HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
ii  hplip-data                            3.16.11+repack0-1~bpo8+1           all          HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files

There are no four digit DeskJet drivers listed in 3.16.
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Sorry, there are 1100c pcl3, 1200c pjxl300 and 1600cm Postscript listed, but they don't look like anything that I can use.

globetrotterdk · 01-30-2018, 10:07 AM

Interesting. I went into the CUPS web interface <http://localhost:631/admin/> and was able to set up the printer without any problem. I am using the Trinity desktop environment, and for some reason, the newer printer drivers aren't listed in the GUI setup.

ferrari · 01-30-2018, 11:54 AM

For HPLIP printers, the 'hp-setup' utility is provided to help configure CUPS, although (as you've now realised) the CUPS web interface can do the same directly.

globetrotterdk · 01-31-2018, 02:02 AM

Code:

$ sudo apt install hp-setup
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package hp-setup

ferrari · 01-31-2018, 02:06 AM

The utility is provided as part of the hplip package.